Bryce Cotton has turned down a $300,000 offer from a Chinese basketball club for four weeks' work, choosing instead to stay in the NBL to chase what the league called "unfinished business", according to an item published on the competition's official website.
The report, carried on Saturday, September 27, did not name the Chinese club or say when the approach was made.
It also did not specify which NBL club Cotton is contracted to for the coming season, and included no comment from the player himself.
The piece ran under the headline "$300K for four weeks? No, Cotton chose unfinished business" and was distributed to media through the league's newsfeed.
No further detail on the timing of the offer or on Cotton's plans for next season was included in the release.